Thursday, February 19, 2015

WON Word A Day – February 16th- PABULUM


pabulum (PAB-yuh-luhm) noun: Bland intellectual fare: insipid or simplistic ideas, entertainment, writing, etc.

Did you know? From Latin pabulum (food, fuel, fodder), from pascere (to feed). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pa- (to protect or feed), which also gave us food, foster, fodder, forage, pasture, pantry, and companion. Earliest documented use: 1661.

 

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